Sash-cord fastener



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' SASH CORD FASTENER. I No. 428,122. Patented'May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MOEBS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,122, dated May 20, 1890.

I Application filed January 6, 1890. Serial No. 336,094.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MOEBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to window-sash attachments to be used in connection with sash that are provided with weights and cords; and it consists of the combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The-object of the invention is to provide means whereby a windowsash havin ga weight and cord balance may be readily and easily removed from the window to clean the glass or for other purposes by detaching the weightsupporting cord from said sash. The ordinary practice of securing the cord to the sash renders the removal of the sash very difficult; hence the cleaning of the glass is most always done without removing the sash from the window, and in order to clean the glass of large windows on the outside it is often necessary for the person cleaning to stand out on the window-sill. This practice in high buildings is very dangerous, and serious accidents often result from such practice. My improved attachment overcomes this difficulty by providing means for easily detaching the weightsupporting cord from the sash, when said sash may be readily removed from the window.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the inside of the window and easing, a portion of the casing and. of the lower sash of the window being broken away, showing my improved attachment located in the sash and the cord and weight attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the metal head removed from the sash. Fig. 3is a vertical central section through the metallic head, showing also the handle or extractor for removing said head. Fig. 4 represents details to be referred to.

As indicated in the drawings, A represents the window-case, D the sash, and t the window-stops, all of which are common.

The head 0, which is made preferably of metal, is substantially L-shaped, and is provided with the pin a, which extends from the back face of said head at right angles thereto, said head also being provided with the hole (1, opening 7t, and the flange or web 2 on each side thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The window-sash on each side near its upper end is provided in the edge thereof with the mortise 1-1, the hole f leading from said mortise into the sash and the slot or channel 6 from the top of the sash communicating with said mortise and opening out to the edge of the sash, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4:.

The cord 5, having the weight 3 secured to the inner end thereof, passes over the pulley 6 at the top of the window, and the outer end of the cord is secured to the head 0 by drawing said cord through the hole d in the end of said head and forming the knot 4 in the end of said cord, as shown in Fig. 5. The head 0 is then inserted in the mortise H, the pin a of the head entering the hole f, leading from the mortise, by which means the head 0 is held in place, the mortise H being of Suf ficient depth. to fully receive the head 0, so that when said head is inserted therein its outer face will stand fiush with the edge of the sash. (See Figs. 1 and 4.) lVhen the head is inserted in the mortise, the cord 5 enters the channel 6, opening into said mortise, and lies therein, as shown in Fig. 1, which position of parts allows of the free raising and lowering of the sash, as in the ordinary weightbalanced sash.

It will be seen on looking at the view on the left in Fig. i that the inner surface of the mortise H is cut to conform to the rounded shape of the flanges 2 of the head 0, so that when said head is inserted in said mortise a chamber 3 will be formed between the flanges 2 for the reception of the knot 4 at the end of the cord 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

WVhen it is desired to remove from the win- .dow a sash provided with my improved attachment, as shown and described, the window stops t on each side of the window-casing are removed. The sash may then be swunginward sul'iiciently to permit of the head C, to which the cords 5 are attached, being withdrawn from the mortise II, when the sash maybe removed from the window. The heads (1, on being released, are drawn up to the top of the window and lodge against the pulley 6, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the heads at all times being attached to the cords 5.

To replace the sash in the window, the heads are drawn down and inserted in the mortise II, the sash swung into place, and secured by replacing the stops 1.

It is designed that the head 0 shall not fit tightly in the mortise II, so that they may ordinarily be withdrawn by inserting the finger in the opening 7t and pulling outward on said head; but in case the head should become fast in the mortise the handle or extractor B is employed, which is provided with the prongs U r, that enter the slots 2' in the opening 71 and by a partial rotation of said handle the prongs 2* 1; are caused to engage with the annular shoulder 71 on the inner face of said opening, (see Fig. 3,) when by a strong outward pull 011 the handle the head may be w ithd raw 11.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A window-fixture consisting of the metal head G, having the 1101c (l as a means for e11- gaging a weight-cord, and the opening h in its vertical face, said head adapted to be placed removably in a mortise of the windowsash, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the window-sash having a mortise in the edge thereof, a hole leading from said mortise, of the metal L- shaped head adapted to lie removably therein, said head having a pin projecting from its back face, and the hole (Z in the end of said head and the opening h through its body, the

weight and cord coupled to the metal head, as,

and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MOEBS.

Witnesses:

R. 13. WHEELER, E. S. WHEELER. 

